Python Regular Expressions Tutorial – Part 2

Learn about Character Classes in python regular expressions.

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1. Introduction

New to regular expressions? Start here.

In the last article, we covered some beginning aspects of regular expressions in python. We now continue to examine details of character classes.

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Python Regular Expressions Tutorial – Part 1

A Gentle Introduction to Python Regular Expressions

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1. Introduction

Regular Expressions are a powerful mechanism for specifying a pattern to match a string. You can target specific segments you are interested in, and specify what it should include or exclude. In spite of all the power it provides, regular expressions are rather easy to pick-up and master. Almost every modern programming language, including python, perl, java, c/c++, javascript, etc. provide support for string manipulation using regular expressions. In this article, we show you python’s regular expression syntax with examples.

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Python Crypto Basics for Building a Blockchain

Basics of building a blockchain using python, part 1

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ― Will Rogers

1. Introduction

A Blockchain is all the craze right now. With the Bitcoin price on a runaway track, everyone wants in on the bitcoin bandwagon. While buying and selling bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is good (or bad, depending on your finances!), let us learn the basics of the technology behind these cryptocurrencies. In the process we will also attempt to come up with the building blocks of the technology starting from scratch.

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Python How to Check if File can be Read or Written

Collection of Checks for Readable and Writable Files.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela

1. Introduction

It can be a bit cumbersome at times to check for read or write permission on a file. The check might succeed but the actual operation could fail. Also, quite a few edge cases need to be covered to get a reasonable answer from such a check. In this article, we cover some issues with regards to checking read and write permission on a file.

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Using AES for Encryption and Decryption in Python Pycrypto

Easily incorporate strong AES encryption into your programs.

“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

1. Introduction

Pycrypto is a python module that provides cryptographic services. Pycrypto is somewhat similar to JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) for Java. In our experience JCE is more extensive and complete, and the documentation for JCE is also more complete. That being said, pycrypto is a pretty good module covering many aspects of cryptography.

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Python itertools – ifilter, islice, imap, izip

Make your life easier with these itertools when dealing with iterables

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1. Introduction

Python provides the itertools package which provides convenience functions for many common iterator operations. We have covered count(), cycle() and chain() in the first part of this series, and compress(), dropwhile(), and groupby() in the second part. In this article, we present a few examples of ifilter(), islice(), imap() and izip().

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Python HTTP Client using urllib2

More on downloading HTTP URLs using urllib2.

“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” ― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

1. Introduction

Python provides the well-regarded urllib2 module for opening URLs. Let us investigate some of the capabilities of this module, shall we? Note that most use cases are better served by using the higher level Requests module. However, you should know about the available options.

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Python String Formatting Examples

Learn about all the facilities available with python string formatting

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov

 

1. Introduction

String formatting in python is somewhat complicated by the fact that there are a lot of flags and options. Let us learn about them.

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Python – More List Methods and Recipes

Remove items from a List and more.

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

1. Introduction

In a previous article, we covered some python list methods related to adding items. Let us now continue the review of more list methods.

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Python List Methods: Adding Items

Check out this refresher on ways to add items to python lists

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1. Introduction

Python offers the list data type which is similar to an array in C/C++ or Javascript or a List in Java. Of course, there are differences between the list in python and these languages. Sigh, wouldn’t it have been nice if all the common languages offered such data types with the same methods – same name, parameters, everything? Then you could have concentrated on mastering one and you would have it all. At the very least, this could have been done for common programming entities such as strings, list/array, characters, integer and float numbers, booleans, etc.

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